On Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 04:57:28PM +0100, David Given wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Eduard Bloch wrote: > [...] > > If you want to keep the files aside but ie. > > compressed than you should use a compressing filesystem. > > But if you want something working on access, expect it to perform very bad. > > Ie. if you want to install the files from original package files on > > access, then you need some daemon that fetches them, you need a > > kernel-based add-on to interrupt the file IO when the application > > touches the file (everything including stat, not just reading), and you > > need to make sure that your network is always in perfect state. > > > > IMHO those are just too many unsafe requirements that make the whole > > approach insane on this level of an operating system. > > Actually, you might be interested in looking at Zero Install, which does > pretty much what the OP wanted: > > http://0install.net/ >
looks pretty cool, but someone should talk to them about this: "The effect of this is that distribution-provided packages are often more reliable than upstream ones (since upstream don't get to hear about many of the bugs), and different distributions have fixed different bugs, with no coordination between them. With Zero Install, bugs get fixed upstream. So, the 'Debian developer' who currently fixes Gimp bugs would still do the same job, but as a 'Gimp developer' instead. Thus, the fixes would benefit everyone, not just Debian users." Regards, Paddy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
